Combined cigarette and match dispenser



A. A. WOLF COMBINED CIGARETTE AND MATCH DISPENSER Nov. 14, 1933.

Filed Sept. 24, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 14, 1933. A. A. WOLF COMBINEDCIGARETTE AND MATCH DISPENSER Filed Sept. 24, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2II-i5:

Patented Novl 14, 1933 UNITED STATES CIGARETTE AND MATCH,

DISPENSER COMBINED Archie A. Wolf, Louisa, Ky.

Application September 24, 1932 Serial No. 634,758

7 Claims. (Cl. 312-78) This invention relates to improvements indispensing devices and relates particularly to a dispensing device forcigarettes and matches.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a device forattachment to the windshield of a motor vehicle or to be mounted at anyother place within a motor vehicle or other structure, which by theoperation of a singleelement thereof will simultaneously eject ordispense a match and a cigarette.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dispensing device of theabove described character which if of a neat and compact nature andwhich will occupy a minimum of space and is, therefore, especiallysuited for use in'a motor vehicle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device forsimultaneously dispensing a single cigarette and a single match in whichnovel means is employed for effecting this operation.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this specification, with 2 1 the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformitywith the showing of the drawings'but may be changed or modified so longas such changes or modifications mark no material departure from thesali- 3 ent features of theinvention as expressed in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings:, Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of the dispenserembodying the present invention; 35 Figure 2 is a view in rear elevationof the dispenser;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1and showing the mode of mounting the dispenser upon a body such as 4 theglass of a motor vehicle windshieldj V Figure 4 is a sectional viewtaken substantially on the line4 i of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view of the dispenser with the cover thereof open showingthe'cigarette com 5' partmentand a portion of the ejecting mecha- Figure8 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the-line 88 of Figure '7.

windshield and showing the elements attached Referring now moreparticularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1indicates a body upon which the present device is shown mounted andrepresents a portion of a motor vehicle windshield,v v The presentdevice is designedparticularly for application to a motor vehiclewindshield so that the driver of the motor vehicle may readilynobtain amatch and cigarette without moving into any position which would belikely to cause him to lose control of the vehicle such, for example, asshifting the position of his body in order to put his hand into apocket. With the present device the driver can maintain a firm gripuponthe steering wheel of the motor vehicle while employing the other handto remove thejcigarette and match from the dispensen- While the deviceis shown as applied to a glass body which is described as being awindshield of a motor vehicle it is to be understood that it is not to75.

be confined to such use but may be mounted in any position and upon anybody where itwill be found serviceablef V The mounting of the cigaretteand match'dise penser which is indicated as a Whole by the hue meral 2is eifect'ed by means ofthe three supporting elements, two of which areindicated by' the numeral 3, while the third is indicated by the numeral4. The elements 3 each consist of a disk 5 to one face of which isattached a centrally apertured lug 6.' This'disk is cemented. orotherwise suitably secured to the surface 'of the body 1 with the lugarranged so thatvthe aperture thereof will be vertically disposed andthe supporting members 3 are arranged in the side by side spacedrelation shown in Figure '7.

The third supporting'device which is indicated by the numeral 4 isdisposed at 'a lower elevation than the devices 3, and upon a linepassing mid:- way between the devices 3 as is also shown in Figure '7.This lower device comprises a disk 7 from the face ofvwhich extends alug 8 through which a vertical passage 9 is formed. A slot 10. is formedin the forward end ,of the lug 8 and enters the passage 9 as shown'inFigures 3 and 8 and pivotally mounted in this slot 10, upon the verticalpivot pin 11 is a flat latch 12 which is normally urged to swinginwardly to extend across the passage 9 as'shown in Figure 8, by aspring 13. The outer end of the-latchlZis formed to provide theterminal'le by. means of which a hold may beobtainedfonthe. latch inorder to-turn it. 1 v v The dispenser 2' comprises an elongatedrelatively broad flat receptacle having a bottom or back portion 15 anda front or cover portion 16. The back portion of the receptacle consistsof the back wall 1'? and the top, bottom and side walls 18, 19 and 20,respectively, the side walls at their lower ends being connectedtogether and connected with the bottom wall by the relatively low frontwall 21. The back wall 17 of the back portion of the receptacle isprovided with the longitudinally extending slot 22 in Which moves an arm23 carried by a follower 24. The outer end of this arm has attachedthereto a disk 25 which moves against the rear surface of the back wall17 and prevents the arm from coming out of the slot 22. The follower 23as shown in Figure 5 extends across the interior of the back portion ofthe receptacle and is of a length substantially equal to the interiorwidth of this portion. 7

This follower rests upon the uppermost one of the cigarettes 26 when thesame are placedin the receptacle, the lowermost one of the groupofcigarettes lying upon the bottom wall 19 thereof.

One side wall 20 of the bottom portion of the receptacle is providedwith an opening 27, the bottom of which is flush with the top or innersurface of the bottom wall 19 and this opening is of sufiicient size topermit of the passage therethrough of the bottom one of the group ofcigarettes in the receptacle.

The wall 21 has formed therein a slot 28 which is enlarged at one end asindicated at 29 and which enlarged end is located adjacent the side wall20 opposite that in which the opening 27 is formed and this slot extendsa short distance in the direction of theopening 2'7 and is disposed in ahorizontal plane which passes through the center of this opening. Abovethis slot 28 there is attached to the wall 21 a rib 29, the purpose ofwhich will be hereinafter described.

Upon the rear face of the back wall 17 there are fixed two lugs 30 whichare spaced apart a distance equal to the spacing of the lugs 6 of thesupporting elements 5 and each of these receptacle lugs 30 carriesa'downwardly directed pin 31 which is designed for extension through theaperture in a supporting lug 6. At the lower end of the receptacle backupon the rear face and longitudinal center thereof there is fixed thelug 32 from which extends downwardly below the bottom of the receptaclethe relatively long pin 33 which is tapered at its free end tofacilitate its ready insertion intothe aperture of the lug of the bottomsupporting member 4.

The taper of this pin enables the pin to shove the latch fingeroutwardly and when this pin has moved the proper distance the latchfinger will engage in the notch 34 which is formed transversely thereof.

Hingedly attached to one side of the back 15 of the receptacle by thehinges 35 is the cover 16. This cover has the top wall 38 and the sidewall 39 at the front edge. As shown, the front wall 3'7 of the coverportion is of materially less length than the back portion 15,terminating at its lower edgein the plane of the top edge of the wall21of the back portion. 7

Disposed inspaced relation with the front wall 37 at the lower partthereof is an auxiliary front wall 40. which is attached tothe wall 37bythe side flanges 41 and 42. This auxiliary wall extends downwardlybelow the edge of the wall 37- and when the cover of the receptacle isclosed overlies the wall 21 of the. back portion. -A bottom wall orflange 43 extends across the inner face of the auxiliary wall 40 betweenthe side flanges 41 and 42 and slidably mounted upon this flange 43 andheld in place by the yoke 44 is a reciprocable bar 45. One end of thisbar 45 normally positions against the inner face of the flange 41 and atthis end there is formed integral therewith the laterally projectingfiat finger 46. This finger is constricted slightly adjacent its pointof joinder with the bar 45 as indicatedat 46 in Figure 4 and thisconstricted portion extends through the slot 28 and slides therein whenthe cover 16 is closed upon the back portion 15 of the receptacle andwhen the bar 45 is shifted in one direction in the manner hereinafterdescribed.

At the inner end of the bar 45 is an upstanding arm 47 which passesupwardly along the inner face of the auxiliary wall 40 andjoins one endof a horizontal upper bar 48 which overlies the lower bar 45 asillustrated in Figure l and which terminates in the upwardly projectingfinger 49. This finger 49 extends upwardly through a slot 50 which isformed longitudinally of a flange 51 which extends transversely of theinner face of the auxiliary wall 40 adjacent the top edge thereof andthis flange forms the bottom for a match receptacle which is indicatedas a whole by the numeral 52. The rear wall of the receptacle 52 isindicated by the numeral 53 and integral with this rear wall areforwardly projecting top and side walls 54 and 55 respectively.'I-iingedly at tached tothe side wall 55 which is upon the same side ofthe dispenser as the hinges 35 is a cover 56 for the match receptacle.The hinges 57 connect this cover with the adjacent side wall 55 and thecover is provided with a top flange 58 and a free edge flange 59, theseflanges 58 and 59 voverlying the adjacent walls 54 and 55 as illustratedin Figures 1 and 3. Resilient fasteners 60 attached to the back portionof the match receptacle engage over the free edge of the cover 56 whenthe same is closed to hold the cover in this position and at the centralpart of the free edge of the cover an extension 61 is formed whichprovides means by which the cover can be grasped to be opened. 7

The cover 56 is provided with the vertical slot 62 through which extendsa stem 63 which carries upon its outer end the head 64 and upon itsinner end a follower 65 which is relatively heavy and which normallyforces the matches 66 downwardly against the wall 51 which forms thebottom of the match receptacle. As shown in Figure 1 the side wall 55 ofthe match receptacle opposite the side adjacent which the hinges '57 arelocated is ofiset slightly so that the finger 49 may extend up into thereceptacle behind the lowermost one of the matches 66. The side wall 55of the receptacle to which the cover therefor is hinged is provided withan opening 67 through which a match may be ejected. This opening is atthe same side of the dispenser as the opening 2"! in the side wall ofthe bottom portionof the cigarette receptacle so that when the bars 45and 48 are shifted toward these openings the finger 46 upon the lowerbar 45 will eject a cigarette through the opening 2'7'and the finger 49which is upon the bar 43 will move'in the slot 50 and eject a matchthrough theopening 67. In order to effect the operation ofthese ejectorbars the vertical arm 47 has attached thereto the reduced portion 68 ofa key 69 which portion'of the key extends from the outside of theauxiliary wall 46 through the horizontal slot 70 which is formed in thiswall. At the'inner wthezbottom thereof for the discharge of an artisideof the wall 40 there'is disposed a coil contracting spring '71 which hasone end secured to the side fiange 41 of the auxfliarywall and has itsother end attached to the vertical arm 47.

This spring through its constant tendency to contract pulls upon the arm47 and thus retains thefingered ends of the bars 45 and 48 in positionrespectively behind a cigarette and a match. When the cover 16 of thecigarette receptacle is in closed position the fiange 29 upon the outerface of the wall 21 positions over the ejector bar 45 and thus serves asan additional guide for this bar to insure its movement in a straightpath.

Upon the outer face of the cover 56 of the match receptacle there aremounted the two spaced guides '72 between which is removably held asheet of emery paper or any other suitable rough material 73 which willprovide a striking surface for the match.

The cover or top 16 for the cigarette receptacle is held in closedposition by the spring latch 74 which is attached to the bottom 15 andprojects upwardly across the free edge of the cover as shown in Figures1 and 2. In order to provide the proper clearance for the extension ofthe finger 47 into position behind a cigarette the lower part of thewall 20 at the free side of the bottom portion 15 is pressed outwardlyslightly as indicated at '75.

From the foregoing description it will be readily apparent that thepresent match and cigarette dispenser may be readily mounted in workingposition upon a windshield by the use of the supports 3 and 4 and whenso mounted a cigarette and match may be readily obtained simply byshifting the ejector bars 45 and 48 through the manipulation of the key69. 7 It will also be readily seen that either th cigarette container orthe match container may be opened for the ready replenishment of thecontents .thereofand the entire dispenser may be readily removed fromposition or placed in position as required.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. Ina dispenser of the character described for dispensing elongatedobjects, a relatively flat receptacle having a cover, an opening formedthrough oneiedge wall of said receptacle adjacent cle therefrom, asecond relatively fiat receptacle carried by said cover and having anarticle discharging opening through one edge Wall thereof,

and means carried by said cover which is operative when the cover isclosed to engage an end of an article in each receptacle and eject thearticles through said discharge openings.

2. A dispensing device of the character'described, comprising a fiatreceptacle having a removable cover, a relatively low wall disposed atone end of said receptacle and having a slot therein extendingtransversely of the receptacle, said wall being covered by said cover,the said receptacle having an article discharging opening through oneedge Wall, a barmember mounted upon the inner side of said receptaclecover for reciprocation transversely thereof, a finger carried by saidbar at one end and adapted to extend into said slot when the receptaclecover is closed,

means operable from the front of said cover for reciprocating said barto effect the ejection of an article from the receptacle through thedischarge opening, and resilient means normally maintain-, ing said barin one position. I V v 3. A device for simultaneously dispensingcigarettes and matches, comprising an elongated fiat receptacle, ahinged cover for said receptacle, said cover comprising a main wallportion of less length than the receptacle and an auxiliary wallportion, said auxiliary wall portion being disposed .in a plane offsetfrom the plane of the main cover and cooperating with the main cover tocompletely close the receptacle, a second fiat receptacle carried bysaid cover above said auxiliary wall portion and having a slottedbottom, said second receptacle having an article dischargingopening inone edge wall, said first mentioned receptacle having an articledischarge opening in one edge wall, a pair of bar members mounted forreciprocatory movement transversely of the under side of said auxiliarywall, a finger member carried by each of said bar members, one of saidfingers being designed to engage behind an article in said firstreceptacle to eject the same through the discharge opening thereof andthe other of the fingers being designed to extend into the secondmentioned receptacle through the slotted bottom for ejecting an articletherein through the discharge opening thereof, and means forsimultaneously shifting said bar members.

4. A combined cigarette and match dispenser, comprising an elongatedrelatively fiat cigarette receptacle having a hinged cover, a secondrelatively fiat receptacle mounted upon the face of the hinged cover ofthe first receptacle and having a bottom wall provided with alongitudinal slot, each of said receptacles having a side edge Wallprovided with a discharge opening, a pair of connected bar membersdisposed in spaced relation and mounted upon said cover for simultaneousmovement transversely thereof, a finger carried by one of said barmembers and extending into the second mentioned receptacle through theslotted bottom of the same, a finger carried by the other of the barmembers and extending into the first mentioned receptacle when the coveris closed and engaging a cigarette at one end, said bar members whenshifted transversely of the cover effecting the discharge of a cigaretteand a match from the receptacles, resilient means normally maintainingthe bar members in inoperative position, and means common to said barmembers for effecting their simultaneous movement.

5. An article dispenser, comprising a receptacle having an outletthrough which the articles are ejected, a second receptacle mountedbefore a wall of the first receptacle and having an outlet through whichthe articles are ejected, a slidably mounted member disposed beneath onereceptacle and before one face of the other receptacle and having a pairof fingers one disposed vertically for extension into the overlyingreceptacle and the other extending laterally into the other receptacle,each of said fingers engaging an end of an article in the receptacleinto which it extends, means permitting movement of each finger in itsreceptacle toward the adjacent outlet, and means for shifting thefingers simultaneously.

6. An article dispenser, comprising a receptacle having an outlet, a'second receptacle secured to and carried by a Wall of the firstreceptacle and having an outlet, said second receptacle having a slottedbottom wall, a'member mounted for sliding movement across the wall ofthe first receptacle to which the second receptacle is secured, a fingercarried by said member and disposed in the slotted wall of the secondreceptaclefor enrot gagement behind an article therein, a second fingercarried by said member and extending laterally therefrom into the firstreceptacle for engagement behind an article therein, and means carriedby said member for effecting its movement in a direction to cause theejection by said fingers of an article from each of the receptacles intowhich they extend.

7. A cigarette and match dispenser, comprising a unitary structurehaving a match chamber with an outlet and a cigarette chamber with anoutlet, a closure for each chamber whereby access may be had to eitherchamber without opening the other, an injection finger slidable in arecess the end of the article, connecting means between the fingers formoving the same simultaneously for the simultaneous ejection of twoarticles, and actuating means for the fingers, cone of said chambersbeing carried upon and moving with the closure of the other chamber.

ARCHIE A. WOLF.

